![Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 2, Chapter 14](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/desales-470x140.jpg)
CHAPTER XIV. Of Holy Communion, and how to join in it. 1. SO far I have said nothing concerning the Sun of all spiritual exercises,…
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1st Sunday of Advent First Reading Jer 33:14-16 [14] Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform the good word that I…
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We are the last generation. Adam came, Abraham came, Moses came,and finally Jesus came. And from that moment, we have been the last. The Apostles…
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Dan 12:1-3 Michael shall stand up for the people of God: with other things relating to Antichrist, and…
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A new evangelization takes evangelists, Gospel power through the foolishness of preaching. Simplicity of the gospel under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is the…
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It is indeed time to fulfil your promise. Your divine commandments are broken, your Gospel is thrown aside, torrents of iniquity flood the whole earth…
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“The Church has failed to implement Gaudium et Spes.” This was my first locution and if I’m a betting man it will be my last. …
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The dearth of catechesis in the previous few decades has caused no little amount of consternation in the present day. And rightly so. An uncatechized…
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It’s coming! Mixing old with new, a progress report on the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization was delivered in Latin, the ancient language…
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What is it with God and the last hour? Is it our desperation that provokes a level of faith most could not otherwise tap into?…